A workman is believed to have suffered a fatal electric shock in the Tunbridge
Wells branch of Marks and Spencer as customers did their Saturday afternoon
shopping.

The man – an electrician doing maintenance work rather than a customer – is believed to have suffered an electric shock just before 3.30pm. The shop, in the Victoria Place shopping centre, was evacuated and closed, and the Kent air ambulance was called.

The helicopter landed nearby, but the electrician was declared dead at the scene.

It is understood that he was a contractor rather than a Marks and Spencer employee, doing work in a part of the store that was inaccessible to the public.

An M&S spokesman said: "There has been a tragic incident at the store today and our thoughts are with the family concerned.

"We are now concentrating on doing all we can to assist the emergency services with their investigation and as such are unable to comment any further at this stage."